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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Aerial view of the New York Public Library flagship building
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The New York Public Library flagship building on 5th Avenue is turning 100 years old. NYPL president Dr. Paul LeClerc discusses the centennial and the role of the library over the next 100 years. Plus: New Yorker writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore is back with a cautionary tale about the parrot fever panic of 1930; author Francise Prose on her new novel; and On the Media's Brooke Gladstone is back with another tale from her new book.

Events: Francine Prose will be reading at Greenlight Bookstore on Friday, May 20th, at 7:30pm. She will also be interviewed by Leonard Lopate, in addition to reading from her new novel, at the Brooklyn Public Library on Saturday, May 21st at 4:00pm.

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